“Do not hope to understand the source of my understanding.”

“This is your karma. You do not understand now, but you will understand later. The source of pain is within your own larger expression of being.”

“Parents, preachers, and politicians think rock music is the source of young people's despair. They don't understand it's just a reflection. They also forget that music can be a source of hope, a reason to live.”

“Common observation and a plain understanding is the source of all art.”

“You are this, which does not satisfy, so you want to be that. If there were an understanding of this, would that come into being? Because you do not understand this, you create that, hoping through that to understand or to escape from this.”

“Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge.”